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BROOKSHIRE, Texas - Tesla Inc. has begun hiring for its new $200 million Megafactory under development near the Houston area. The Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas, located in Waller County, marks a major milestone in Tesla’s expansion into Texas-based clean energy manufacturing.

$200 Million Texas investment

What we know:

The Austin-based company listed more than 40 open positions for the new location this month, including manufacturing engineers, welders and managers, according to Tesla’s website .

The Brookshire facility, about 35 miles west of Houston, is modeled after Tesla’s Megafactory in Lathrop, California, where the company produces its large-scale "Megapack" batteries used for grid energy storage.

Tesla’s new campus in the Empire West Business Park will include

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